Technical data sheet High-performance lime v05 - May 2016 includes: Tradical ® Hempcretes - Tradical ® Thermo - Tradical ® PF 70 - Tradical ® PF 80 M - Tradical ® Bâtir - Chanvribat ® - Tradical ® PF 80 - Tradical ® Premium Formulated limes for Tradical ® Hempcretes p.1/4 Lhoist Southern Europe BCB ZAC de Valentin - BP 3011 25045 BESANÇON CEDEX,France Tel. + 33 (0)3 81 47 40 10 Fax + 33 (0)3 81 47 40 19 [email protected]www.bcb-tradical.com Definition Tradical ® Thermo is mixed with Chanvribat ® hurds (Granulat Chanvre Bâtiment certified) and water to produce Tradical ® Hempcretes that can be manually or mechanically applied. Identification Tradical ® Thermo is a Class FL A 3.5 formulated lime according to standard NF EN 459. Areas of use Tradical ® Thermo is used to prepare hempcretes for insulating walls, insulating lining, insulating roofs and insulating screeds, for all kinds of new constructions or renovations concerning houses, apartment buildings, tertiary and public buildings and more. → POSSIBLE STRUCTURES Insulating walls Tradical ® THERMO + Chanvribat ® , enables you to cast an insulating wall with any kind of load bearing structure, including half-timbered walls. Insulating lining Tradical ® THERMO + Chanvribat ® , enables you to apply an insulating lining to interior walls and partitions on all kinds of mineral substrate (old, new, homogeneous, heterogeneous). Insulating screed Tradical ® THERMO + Chanvribat ® , enables you to cast insulating material for all types of ground or upper storey floor. Insulating roofs Tradical ® THERMO + Chanvribat ® enables you to thermally insulate your roof Unused roof space Tradical ® THERMO + Chanvribat ® enables you to thermally insulate the flooring of unused roof spaces → PREPARING THE STRUCTURES • In compliance with the French Professional Rules and the Tradical ® brochure. • All conduit and pipework will be completed before any work on Tradical ® Hempcrete structures commences. → PREPARING THE PRODUCT Mixing can be performed in a concrete mixer. Add the following in this order: 1. All of the water 2. Tradical ® Thermo: keep mixing until entirely homogeneous 3. and the Chanvribat ® is broken up Prepared in a machine: Refer to the machine manufacturer for instructions on preparing the right Tradical ® Thermo + Chanvribat ® mix
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DefinitionTradical® Thermo is mixed with Chanvribat® hurds (Granulat Chanvre Bâtiment certified) and water to produce Tradical® Hempcretes that can be manually or mechanically applied.
Identification Tradical® Thermo is a Class FL A 3.5 formulated lime according to standard NF EN 459.
Areas of useTradical® Thermo is used to prepare hempcretes for insulating walls, insulating lining, insulating roofs and insulating screeds, for all kinds of new constructions or renovations concerning houses, apartment buildings, tertiary and public buildings and more.
→ Possible structuresInsulating walls Tradical® THERMO + Chanvribat®, enables you to cast an insulating wall with any kind of load bearing structure, including half-timbered walls.
Insulating lining Tradical® THERMO + Chanvribat®, enables you to apply an insulating lining to interior walls and partitions on all kinds of mineral substrate (old, new, homogeneous, heterogeneous).
Insulating screed Tradical® THERMO + Chanvribat®, enables you to cast insulating material for all types of ground or upper storey floor.
Insulating roofs Tradical® THERMO + Chanvribat® enables you to thermally insulate your roof
Unused roof space Tradical® THERMO + Chanvribat® enables you to thermally insulate the flooring of unused roof spaces
→ PreParing the structures• In compliance with the French Professional Rules and the Tradical®
brochure. • All conduit and pipework will be completed before any work on Tradical®
Hempcrete structures commences.
→ PreParing the Product Mixing can be performed in a concrete mixer. Add the following in this order: 1. All of the water2. Tradical® Thermo: keep mixing until entirely homogeneous3. and the Chanvribat® is broken up
Prepared in a machine: Refer to the machine manufacturer for instructions on preparing the right Tradical® Thermo + Chanvribat® mix
Insulating walls In compliance with the French Professional Rules and the Tradical® brochure.
Depending on the walls to be created, hempcrete is manually or mechanically applied between two shuttering panels, against one shuttering panel or on lost shuttering panels.Where the following points are concerned: • Placing spacers to position the shuttering panel(s) in relation to the framing• Placing of shuttering panels and checking their positions• Applying Tradical® Hempcrete
please refer to the Tradical® Hempcretes brochure and the French Professional Rules.
Interior insulating lining In compliance with the French Professional Rules and the Tradical® brochureFor insulating linings exceeding a thickness of 11 cm, a secondary framework needs to be installed taking into account the final desired thickness. Placing of guides (on the wall or secondary framing) to serve as a reference point for the final thickness.• Depending on the selected application method, insulating lining is laid by
trowelling, infilling between shuttering panels and walls, or projection.• Please refer to the Tradical® Hempcrete brochure for information on sizing
and placing the secondary framework, applying a base coat and applying the hempcrete (trowelling, infilling between shuttering and wall, mechanical projection).
Insulating screed In compliance with the French Professional Rules and the Tradical® brochure•SubstratepreparedasperFrenchProfessionalRules•PourorsprayTradical® Hempcrete according to the selected application
Insulating roof In compliance with the French Professional Rules and the Tradical® brochure •SubstratepreparedasperFrenchProfessionalRules •Pour or spray Tradical® Hempcrete according to the selected
application method, onto the bottom of the lost formwork •Spreadevenlywithoutcompacting •Adjustthicknessmakingsuretoremainatleasttwocentimetresbelow
the upper level of the rafters •Floatlightly
Lime + aggregate blend approved by the Construire en Chanvre association
The Construire en Chanvre association has approved the Chanvribat®+Tradical® Thermo blend as meeting the threshold performances measured in certified external laboratories, as required by the French Professional Rules.
Test reference details (p.4 values)
CRDA test no. 2015-05-02 report: BCB Tradical® THERMO+Chanvribat® wall formula dated 02/06/2015
CRDA test no. 2013-18 report: BCB Tradical® THERMO+Chanvribat® screed formula dated 10/07/2014
CRDA test no. 2015-05-02 report: BCB Tradical® THERMO+Chanvribat® roof formula dated 02/06/2015
When saltpetre is present, before applying INSULATING LINING, applyTradical® PZ for masonry as well as brown coats as required (see corresponding Tradical® documentation). Please note that although Tradical® PZ is used to prepare mortars resistant to salts, nitrates, etc. present in capillary rises, the source of these rises also needs to be treated appropriately.
Atmospheric conditions Apply at a temperature of between +8°C and +30°C.
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Qualifications Only qualified persons with sound knowledge of hempcretes, or persons who have passed the BETONS DE CHANVREmodule in the BCB trainingprogramme, may use Tradical®Thermo.
See also- Tradical® brochures and technical data sheets-FrenchProfessionalRulesfortheConstructionofHempcreteStructures
Packaging and storage: Tradical® Thermo comes in a 18 kg bag and can be stored for one year away from moisture.
Testing: under the conditions prescribed by standard NF EN 459.
Guarantee: within the scope of the company's civil liability insurance.Manufacturer's civil liability, SMABTP contract: ALPHA-BAT Fabricants no. 512806 E 1004.000